• Manifestations
  1. Occurs when the color of the paintappears to be lighter or thicker at the point where wet and dry layers overlap during the application.
• Causes
  1. Not maintaining a “wet edge” by using the best brush stroke technique.
  2. Using low quality paint.
• Solutions
  1. The way to maintain a wet edge is by applying the paint towards the area that is unpaintedand back to the surface that has just been painted.
  2. This technique is referred to as “wet to dry” and results in the surface looking smooth and uniform. This can also be achieved by painting a smaller area at a time.
  3. Plan ahead to end brush strokes at a natural breaking point, a door or window for example.
  4. This takes on an even greater importance when applying stain to untreated wood. Generally speaking, alkyd paints provide a first rate wet edge appearance.